WELLINGTON, Last Night. the Unfortunates.
At the Magistrate^ Court to-day,: §f.number of women of ill fame were summoned under the Vagrant Act. In adjourning the case his Worship said : — " There is no doubt that prostitution, per se, is not unlawful, but accompanied by disorder or indecent exposure, or anything that grossly shocked the public mind, then- it is unlawful." The defendants were bound over to appear for " sentence this day week,
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 137, 27 April 1881, Page 3
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71WELLINGTON, Last Night. the Unfortunates. Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 137, 27 April 1881, Page 3
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